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Nicholas91 The Democratic Republic of Kent 27 Apr 23 10.29pm
Originally posted by Matov It might be how I percieve it, having not touched a drop of the firewater now for over 10 years but the price of booze in the supermarkets seems to have gone much lower now where as the price of booze in the pubs is just beyond silly. Bought a box of 18 cans of Carling Black Label just to have beer in the house to offer guests and it was £10. How on earth do they sell it that cheap? Edited by Matov (27 Apr 2023 7.55pm) The ‘Black Labels Matter’ campaign has helped. Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!
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The Democratic Republic of Kent 27 Apr 23 10.29pm

Originally posted by Matov

It might be how I percieve it, having not touched a drop of the firewater now for over 10 years but the price of booze in the supermarkets seems to have gone much lower now where as the price of booze in the pubs is just beyond silly.

Bought a box of 18 cans of Carling Black Label just to have beer in the house to offer guests and it was £10. How on earth do they sell it that cheap?

Edited by Matov (27 Apr 2023 7.55pm)

The ‘Black Labels Matter’ campaign has helped.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

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Irisheagle87 Co.Derry 28 Apr 23 12.40am
Hard to say this in a nice way. There isn't to many people dying of hunger from where I stand. Met a refugee 2 days go. Had a better phone than me. Aww well THE 17th OF MAY. MY 17th BIRTHDAY. MICHEAL HUGHES SCORES THE WINNING PENALTY, WHAT WAS HIS NUMBER? 17!!!!!
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Co.Derry 28 Apr 23 12.40am

Hard to say this in a nice way. There isn't to many people dying of hunger from where I stand. Met a refugee 2 days go. Had a better phone than me. Aww well

THE 17th OF MAY. MY 17th BIRTHDAY. MICHEAL HUGHES SCORES THE WINNING PENALTY, WHAT WAS HIS NUMBER? 17!!!!!

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Midlands Eagle 28 Apr 23 7.40am
Originally posted by EverybodyDannsNow I won't ask for hundreds, but please do share some. According to the Sky News calculator the cost of making spag bol at home has gone down by 5.8% [Link] They also claim that the cost of a vegetarian meal has gone up by 19% although I don't know any vegetarians that use 500g of mayonnaise and 570g of tomato ketchup in a meal
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Originally posted by EverybodyDannsNow

I won't ask for hundreds, but please do share some.

According to the Sky News calculator the cost of making spag bol at home has gone down by 5.8% [Link]

They also claim that the cost of a vegetarian meal has gone up by 19% although I don't know any vegetarians that use 500g of mayonnaise and 570g of tomato ketchup in a meal

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Forest Hillbilly in a hidey-hole 28 Apr 23 8.15am
Originally posted by Matov It might be how I percieve it, having not touched a drop of the firewater now for over 10 years but the price of booze in the supermarkets seems to have gone much lower now where as the price of booze in the pubs is just beyond silly. Bought a box of 18 cans of Carling Black Label just to have beer in the house to offer guests and it was £10. How on earth do they sell it that cheap? Edited by Matov (27 Apr 2023 7.55pm) You don't like having people around your house then ? I disengage, I turn the page.
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Originally posted by Matov

Bought a box of 18 cans of Carling Black Label just to have beer in the house to offer guests and it was £10. How on earth do they sell it that cheap?

Edited by Matov (27 Apr 2023 7.55pm)

You don't like having people around your house then ?

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Forest Hillbilly in a hidey-hole 28 Apr 23 8.22am
Obviously people have different requirements for 'stuff', some which may be subject to increases in price, and others less so. I think generally prices are falling/stabilising, but wages are not likely ot increase any time soon. Just ask a junior doctor, a nurse, a teacher, a train driver etc. I know my own colleagues and myself aren't paid anywhere near what we might have expected a few years back. And living in Wales, the salary of 'the Smoke' is a distant dream. I have a dislike for major supermarkets who kept their prices at the pump high, while independents were selling for up to 10p a litre less. That will stay with me and means i now swerve supermarkets when food shopping now. And rather belatedly, Morrisons and Tesco's are now competitive with Lidl and Aldi on some products. Prices were all too quick to be hiked, but falling prices take an age to implement. Edited by Forest Hillbilly (28 Apr 2023 8.25am) I disengage, I turn the page.
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Obviously people have different requirements for 'stuff', some which may be subject to increases in price, and others less so. I think generally prices are falling/stabilising, but wages are not likely ot increase any time soon. Just ask a junior doctor, a nurse, a teacher, a train driver etc. I know my own colleagues and myself aren't paid anywhere near what we might have expected a few years back. And living in Wales, the salary of 'the Smoke' is a distant dream.
I have a dislike for major supermarkets who kept their prices at the pump high, while independents were selling for up to 10p a litre less. That will stay with me and means i now swerve supermarkets when food shopping now.
And rather belatedly, Morrisons and Tesco's are now competitive with Lidl and Aldi on some products. Prices were all too quick to be hiked, but falling prices take an age to implement.

Edited by Forest Hillbilly (28 Apr 2023 8.25am)

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Apollofuzz On the edge of reason 28 Apr 23 10.08am
Our local petrol station (50m from my house) the price of unleaded has been fixed at 149.9p for over 3 months. Where as other petrol stations within 5 miles have been as low as 135.9p. I have never known a price fixed for so long. I am sure there must have been a change in the price per barrel in this time? I ride a GS scooter with my hair cut neat I wear my war time coat in the wind and sleet.
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On the edge of reason 28 Apr 23 10.08am

Our local petrol station (50m from my house) the price of unleaded has been fixed at 149.9p for over 3 months. Where as other petrol stations within 5 miles have been as low as 135.9p. I have never known a price fixed for so long. I am sure there must have been a change in the price per barrel in this time?

I ride a GS scooter with my hair cut neat
I wear my war time coat in the wind and sleet.

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Eaglecoops CR3 28 Apr 23 6.11pm
Originally posted by Apollofuzz Our local petrol station (50m from my house) the price of unleaded has been fixed at 149.9p for over 3 months. Where as other petrol stations within 5 miles have been as low as 135.9p. I have never known a price fixed for so long. I am sure there must have been a change in the price per barrel in this time? Aren’t a lot of petrol stations franchises? This means although they might sell Esso or Shell or BP products, they still dictate the retail price at the pump and base this on what neighbouring filling stations are charging. If they think they can get away with a higher price then they do.
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Originally posted by Apollofuzz

Aren’t a lot of petrol stations franchises? This means although they might sell Esso or Shell or BP products, they still dictate the retail price at the pump and base this on what neighbouring filling stations are charging. If they think they can get away with a higher price then they do.

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Forest Hillbilly in a hidey-hole 30 Apr 23 4.54am
petrol prices are a law unto themselves. Whilst driving from Hampshire to Wales yesterday, unleaded prices were : BP Fourmarks (Hants), £1.55l, Ripley (Hants) £1.53l, M4 Services £1.69l and my local rural station in Wales £1.43l. Market forces ? and just charging the maximum you can get away with. Sometimes when you're low on fuel in a rural place, you're not spoilt for choice on where to fill up. I disengage, I turn the page.
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in a hidey-hole 30 Apr 23 4.54am

petrol prices are a law unto themselves. Whilst driving from Hampshire to Wales yesterday, unleaded prices were :
BP Fourmarks (Hants), £1.55l, Ripley (Hants) £1.53l, M4 Services £1.69l and my local rural station in Wales £1.43l. Market forces ? and just charging the maximum you can get away with. Sometimes when you're low on fuel in a rural place, you're not spoilt for choice on where to fill up.

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Dubai Eagle 30 Apr 23 7.30am
When the price of a barrel of oil goes up the price at the pump goes up pretty much immediately, when the price of oil goes down the retailers tell you that the price they pay for the oil is fixed on long term purchase agreements so it will be some time before you feel the benefit of the lower price.
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30 Apr 23 7.30am

When the price of a barrel of oil goes up the price at the pump goes up pretty much immediately, when the price of oil goes down the retailers tell you that the price they pay for the oil is fixed on long term purchase agreements so it will be some time before you feel the benefit of the lower price.

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becky over the moon 30 Apr 23 9.05am
Originally posted by Dubai Eagle When the price of a barrel of oil goes up the price at the pump goes up pretty much immediately, when the price of oil goes down the retailers tell you that the price they pay for the oil is fixed on long term purchase agreements so it will be some time before you feel the benefit of the lower price. They've been pulling the same stunt with tobacco price increases for as long as I've been a smoker. Duty goes up at midnight on day of the Budget, shops put prices up the next day - but duty is paid when the tobacco comes out of the bonded warehouse to the wholesaler, so all current stock is 'old price'. Nice little earner for the retailers! A stairway to Heaven and a Highway to Hell give some indication of expected traffic numbers
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over the moon 30 Apr 23 9.05am

Originally posted by Dubai Eagle

They've been pulling the same stunt with tobacco price increases for as long as I've been a smoker.

Duty goes up at midnight on day of the Budget, shops put prices up the next day - but duty is paid when the tobacco comes out of the bonded warehouse to the wholesaler, so all current stock is 'old price'.

Nice little earner for the retailers!

A stairway to Heaven and a Highway to Hell give some indication of expected traffic numbers

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PalazioVecchio south pole 30 Apr 23 9.59am
it's all the fault of those bar-steward Elites. Printing money like confetti. Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford
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it's all the fault of those bar-steward Elites. Printing money like confetti.

Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford

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Forest Hillbilly in a hidey-hole 02 May 23 7.53am
being held to ransom over prices ? two headlines in the BBC today: 1.Oil and gas giant BP has reported stronger than expected profits for the first three months of the year. It posted profits of $5bn (£4bn), which was down from $6.2bn in the same period last year but more than the $4.3bn that had been forecast by analysts. Bumper profits from energy firms have led to calls for them to pay more tax with households facing high bills. 2.Food prices in the UK continued to soar in April despite a drop in wholesale costs, new figures show. Food inflation jumped to 15.7% last month compared with April in 2022, up from 15% in March, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said. But the cost of a food shop "should start" to come down in the next few months, the trade body claimed. The BRC, which represents UK supermarkets, said customers would see savings on milk and other dairy goods. Last week, Sainsbury's rejected suggestions that prices were too high after the BBC heard that falls in global food prices were not being reflected on supermarket shelves. I disengage, I turn the page.
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being held to ransom over prices ?

two headlines in the BBC today:
1.Oil and gas giant BP has reported stronger than expected profits for the first three months of the year.

It posted profits of $5bn (£4bn), which was down from $6.2bn in the same period last year but more than the $4.3bn that had been forecast by analysts.

Bumper profits from energy firms have led to calls for them to pay more tax with households facing high bills.

2.Food prices in the UK continued to soar in April despite a drop in wholesale costs, new figures show.

Food inflation jumped to 15.7% last month compared with April in 2022, up from 15% in March, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said.

But the cost of a food shop "should start" to come down in the next few months, the trade body claimed.

The BRC, which represents UK supermarkets, said customers would see savings on milk and other dairy goods.

Last week, Sainsbury's rejected suggestions that prices were too high after the BBC heard that falls in global food prices were not being reflected on supermarket shelves.

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